diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 5e70f62752a25354aaa9ebfc90a0b35b8ba436b8..e4aee519572d6751d65012e46a231abad3d48700 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3569,8 +3569,10 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
 		flags |= RING_BUFFER_WRITABLE;
 
-	rb = rb_alloc(nr_pages, event->attr.wakeup_watermark,
-				   event->cpu, flags);
+	rb = rb_alloc(nr_pages, 
+		event->attr.watermark ? event->attr.wakeup_watermark : 0,
+		event->cpu, flags);
+
 	if (!rb) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto unlock;
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index fde52595d8f7611ad9796bc574126713b1334a5f..fc2701c99207e82159c15db5eb4239d4db2527d1 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -199,13 +199,15 @@ void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 	struct perf_event *event = handle->event;
 	struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb;
 
-	int wakeup_events = event->attr.wakeup_events;
-
-	if (handle->sample && wakeup_events) {
-		int events = local_inc_return(&rb->events);
-		if (events >= wakeup_events) {
-			local_sub(wakeup_events, &rb->events);
-			local_inc(&rb->wakeup);
+	if (handle->sample && !event->attr.watermark) {
+		int wakeup_events = event->attr.wakeup_events;
+
+		if (wakeup_events) {
+			int events = local_inc_return(&rb->events);
+			if (events >= wakeup_events) {
+				local_sub(wakeup_events, &rb->events);
+				local_inc(&rb->wakeup);
+			}
 		}
 	}